High Definition Image shows as extremely grainy on elements but prints ok

I scanned a photo at a high reolution because I knew I would crop it and I wanted a 8 x 10 result.  When I rpint it it looks decent, but I wanted to do some fine tuning.  But when I open the file in elements it shows as EXTREMELY grainy.
Any ideas?
thanks
Faith M

I just don't understand why it prints fine but looks awful online.
Thanks for your response
essage dated 7/21/2009 6:20:11 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:
It  really depends on the size (and quality) of the original and the
resolution  you scanned  at.
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